{"id":661614,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/661614/?format=json","text_counter":503,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ababu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":108,"legal_name":"Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba","slug":"ababu-namwamba"},"content":"I took time off work to travel all the way to Washington, D.C. to pursue my postgraduate studies and I have always asked myself: Did the time I took off work to pursue that further education add any value to me? Did it prepare me to be a better leader, a better debater, a better legislator? The answer is definitely, certainly, unequivocally, unambiguously yes. There is a correlation between a good education and leadership. I will continue in the next sitting."}